Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-28

The City Cemetery.

pleasure the communication IN your
issue of the 23rd, headed "An I'm
portant Matter" and signed "Prog-
ress,' and heartily endorse in
general way the ideas and sugges-
tions embraced therein. As to the
propriety. expediency and necessity
every way of both improving and
greatly enlarging our present Gene
terry there cannot exist the least
shadow OF doubt in the minds of
any one anywhere at this late date.
We will take that as c0nceSum there
fore at the very outset, as fact es
tablished beyond all possibility of
doubt-as an axiom or a self-evi-
dent truth or proposition which
needs no demonstration. The only
question therefore would be as to
the modns, the mode or method or
way in which the much-desired OBJ
ject is to be accomplished. Your
correspondent Progress" suggests
the idea of "the city purchasing not
less than ten acres of land on the
opposite side of the cemetery-across
the creek-and then of building a
bridge over the same" the estimat-
ed cost Of the latter in his opinion
being somewhere about 81 900. Now
as matter Of justice mot knowing
at all who progress" may be) |
would say that our present Mayor,
DR.. Abram Claude,is entitled to the
honor, we think, of the idea of ex-
tending the cemetery across said
creek as now proposed, having made
the suggestion to us and to others
fully ten years ago, and more re-
Gently also. | would say however,
that the suggestion is good one,
no matter who the originator maybe.
1t might be very good idea
for the city to undertake the mat
ter. But if there should be the
least hesitancy i'll their so acting at
once or very soon, then, inasmuch
as our colored friends have found
their new cemetery SO very profit
able, according to Progress, hay
ing paid but $500 in all for the
same originally, and having already
made sales of lots there to the ex-
tent of fully 81, 900 or more in this
short time-and, inasmuch as the
addition to the present cemetery
made by Mr.. Nicholas Brewer, pres
ent State Senator, and perhaps
others, we feel sure proved profitable
years ago-and inasmuch also as
such enterprises have proved good
investments in almost all cities or
places of any size or growth every.
where-and inasmuch lastly as An
napolis seems really to have taken
her second growth" and is increas-
ing and developing in every way
daily, why might it not prove most
profitable enterprise and investment
in the hands of private parties, out
side the city itself entirely? Thir-
ty or forty persons, for instance,
might subscribe, say 800 each, thus
making up some 5000 or $4,000,
payable at once, or in installments.
Or sixty or eighty persons might
take each $50 of stock. Or one-hun-
cred persons or more might take
$25 each, etc., forming a Joint
Stock Company. We feel assured
that there is no enterprise which
could be started among us so like
ly to prove successful and remu-
neratiye as the one now suggested.
1t is one which would enlist at once
in every way the sympathies of all
classes of our citizens irrespective of
creed or party. We will guarantee
for part at least of the stock being
taken at once. Let it be understood
at the outset also that if the cost of
the land across the creek should
prove too high-at all excessive, or
the bridge proposed prove too ex-
pensive, that, in either event the
city or the company or private par
ties, as may be, shall feel at perfect
liberty to purchase in some other
direction, as they may think best.
They would not submit to extrav-
agence or extortion in any way
whatsoever even in SO good and un-
dertaking as the identifying and
charging the CITY of the Dead"
Let public meeting perhaps be
called soon and the matter agitated
in every way, through the press, and
the churches also land we would
say that for one, the Rector of ST.